On Jan 12, 1:15*am, "DGDevin" wrote:
"Pete C." *wrote in message

ster.com...

The perp in this case had been in contact with LEOs over his behavior
for a number of years, and had been kicked out of community college for
it, yet nobody took things seriously enough to do anything about it. The
laws to prevent the mentally ill from purchasing firearms from retail
dealers already exists. If the proper information has not been entered
into the check system indicating the mental issues, it is not a failure
of the laws.

Sure it is, as was determined after the Virginia Tech massacre when they
discovered that many states were not keeping their databases complete and up
to date, and criminals and those ruled mentally unsound were not being
entered into the system. *That's why Congress passed a law (signed by Pres.
Bush in 2008) funding state upgrades of their databases and threatening
withholding of federal law enforcement funding to states that failed to do
so.

In this case the problem seems to be that the whacko's crazy behavior never
got in front of a judge, although the judge who dealt with expunging his
record for the drug paraphernalia bust was suspicious that it was so he
wouldn't have any trouble buying a gun. *More has to be done to get such
people the medical attention they need, and to get their names on the
no-guns list. *I'd be in favor of schools having to report expulsions of
students for mental health issues that appear to put others in danger. *If
it's an over-reaction then names can be deleted from the list, there are
already mechanisms to do that, but in the meantime someone like Cho or
Loughner can't buy a gun and slaughter innocent people.

EVIL FLOURISHES WHEN GOOD PEOPLE DO NOTHING.
IN THOSE CASES IT WAS TOO LATE..THE EVIL GOOD PEOPLE FEAR OCCURRED.
JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS LEGAL IT DOESNT MEAN ITS GOOD AND VICE
VERSA.

A PSYCHOPATH BENT ON COMMITTING CRIME NEEDS NO PERMIT TO ACQUIRE A
GUN.

GUN "CONTROL" IS MORE THAN ISSUING PERMITS TO THE RIGHT APPLICANTS.
EMPHASIS ON CONTROL.